▪ I. beche
[Etymol. uncertain: cf. F. bêche mattock.]
(See quot.)
| 1851 Coal-tr. Terms, Northumbld. & Durh. 8 Beche (called by the workmen Bitch), an instrument..used in boring, for the purpose of extricating the bottom portion of a broken set of bore-rods from a bore-hole. |
▪ II. beche
obs. form of beech.